Example sentences of "[conj] they have [adv] have a " in BNC.

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1 Although they had only had a few hours , he was happy with what the squad had uncovered from newspaper cuttings and phone-calls — not that they had detected any connection with Nicola Sharpe .
2 Nor are women prominent in senior positions in the professions although they have long had a place there in those areas concerned with women 's affairs which are most clearly associated with their assumed ‘ natural ’ role of caring for and serving others .
3 I could see at once that they had all had a skinful .
4 That does mean that they have already had a very difficult exercise in terms of looking at an , an efficiency effectiveness distribution of funding and how they manage the service , and that 's very much tied in with the children 's services plan , which Mike referred to earlier on , and which is later on the agenda .
5 Most children 's agents feel that they have actually had a rather good year .
6 Shortly after anchoring the crew came on deck to hang out bedding and clothing to dry , so they had obviously had a wet passage .
7 And they 've just had a new car have n't they ?
8 A successful street collection in Neston raised £154.73 for the society and they had also had a membership drive with the Heartbeat Campaign on the last weekend of October .
9 So er can people come along and have a go if they 've never had a go before ?
10 Whenever I saw her and Shadwell together they always looked pretty intense , as if they 'd just had a fight or shared a lot of secrets .
11 How can anyone be so arrogant as to talk about this Creature , this Thing , as if they knew It , as if they had just had a letter from It or had chatted to It over the phone , when the It can not be conceived , understood , described , or even proved to exist .
12 If they have never had a number they must go personally with proof of identity .
13 ‘ The Inspirals look like they 've just had a charisma bypass operation . ’
14 But they 've never had a market designed especially for them .
15 There were thousands of paparazzi and fans because they 'd never had a world premiere in Houston before .
16 This word was said in such a way , and accompanied by a look , that told the woman behind the counter that she did n't know her business , because they 'd never had a pennorth of tiger nuts .
17 ‘ Look , dottore , they knew I was there before I got out of the car , before they 'd even had a glimpse of me . ’
18 when they 've just had a call in , to start on Monday .
19 It is not usual for the advisers of the Crown to draw people out of important work when they have hardly had a chance to do what they have undertaken .
20 This was n't strictly true as they 'd all had a go on the board .
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